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The Post-Evangelical

 In 1995, Dave Tomlinson, Christian iconoclast, brought out his book Post-Evangelical . His theory is that Evangelicalism as a creed is tied to modernism and no longer has a place in the increasingly post-modern world in which we live. This Wikipedia article sums up the criticisms levelled at the Evangelical church by the post-evangelical movement. "Some post-evangelical criticisms of the evangelical church include but are not limited to: Individualism , pursuit of tangible success as a sign of spiritual maturity, and a consequently underdeveloped  ecclesiology Politicization of Christian doctrine; "theologization" of political ideology Ethnocentric , especially  Americentric , bias in theology, often in conjunction with  nationalistic  or  exceptionalist  politics General lack of positive engagement with the  social  and  natural sciences ,  music ,  art ,  philosophy ,  news media , and other expressions of culture ...
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  Jabez was more honourable than his brothers 1 Chronicles 4.9-10 Over the years there has been a lot of fuss around Jabez, the guy who asked for a new Ferrari and got it. Perhaps the patron saint of prosperity teachers? The focus is often on the fact that he said, "Oh that you would: bless me enlarge my border [the part we love: more turf] that your hand might be with me and that you would keep me from harm ... so that it might not bring me pain." But what was his starting position, before he said that? First, he was more honourable than his brothers He called upon the God of Israel But He was cursed by his parents (borne in pain) This from the ESV Expository Commentary: Rather than having his future determined by what his mother "called" him, he "called" to God – and God answered his prayer. Rather than his name being regarded as a bad omen, he was "honoured" As the commentary continues, we need to remember that Chronicles was written after the...
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